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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. mSQL vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Datomic vs. mSQL vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Rockset

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilitymSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSOracles in-memory data grid solutionA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.datomic.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencerockset.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.datomic.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencedocs.rockset.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCognitectHughes TechnologiesOracleRockset
Initial release20142012199420072019
Current release1.0.6735, June 20234.4, October 202114.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, ClojureCJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesdynamic typing
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonononono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptClojure
Java
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C++
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoTransaction Functionsnonono
TriggersyesBy using transaction functionsnoyes infoLive Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnoconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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